How India Is Squandering Its Top Export: The Buddha
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, The Huffington Post | April 6, 2015 India and Nepal gave the world one of its most
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Author: Tenzin Gaphel
20th Shoton festival concludes with new opera performance on life of Lord Buddha
DHARAMSALA, April 6: The 20th Shoton festival concluded successfully yesterday at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) in Dharamsala with a performance befitting of a grand finale performed by the artistes of TIPA on the life of Lord Buddha.
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A Day of Fruitful Tibetan-Japanese Exchanges
[dalailama.com] Tokyo, Japan, 5 April 2015 – Despite light drizzle and a grey sky, today began on a bright note with His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit to the newly relocated Liaison Office of his Representative for East-Asia.
Read moreRegistration Certificate for Tibetans goes online
DHARAMSALA, Apr 4: Tibetans residing in Kangra district (which includes Dharamsala) can now register online for new Registration Certificate and loss of RC, while the online service for registration of Exit Permit, Return Visa and Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) will be implemented in due course.
Read more‘Building ties for the 21st century’
Srinivasan Ramani, The Hindu | April 2, 2015
On the eve of the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and India on April 1, 1950, the Chinese Ambassador to India, Le Yucheng, in written answers provided to a set of questions posed by Srinivasan Ramani, emphasised the need for a renewal of China-India ties in tune with the realities of the 21st century.
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Three monks and lay Tibetan arbitrarily arrested in restive Sog County
DHARAMSALA, Apr 2: Three Tibetan Buddhist monks and a lay Tibetan have been arrested by Chinese police on Mar 28 in restive Sog County in traditional Kham Province of Tibet, according to a Tibetan source with contacts in the region.
Read moreIndia to set up consulate in Chengdu as China says no to Lhasa
K.J.M. Varma, PTI | March 31, 2015
India’s proposal to re-establish a mission in the sensitive Tibetan capital Lhasa did not get a favourable response
India is set to open its third consulate in China in the southwestern city of Chengdu after its proposal to re-establish a mission in the sensitive Tibetan capital of Lhasa which was closed down during the 1962 war did not get a favourable response.
Read moreKathmandu promises to crackdown on Tibetans in return for Chinese aid package
DHARAMSALA, Apr 2: Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged an economic aid package of NRs 14.5 billion for transport and infrastructure building as Kathmandu promised to continue its crackdown on Tibetans and not allow its territory for anti-China activities, reported PTI Mar 30.
Read moreTibetan Leader: Chinese Government Can’t Choose Next Dalai Lama
Dr Lobsang Sangay, TIME | March 30, 2015
Since 1959, when the current Dalai Lama escaped from Tibet, his tireless efforts for freedom for Tibetans and peace in the world have irked and outraged the Chinese Communist Party.
Read moreThe Price of Damming Tibet’s Rivers
By MICHAEL BUCKLEY, The New York Times | MARCH 30, 2015
NEW DELHI — CHINA has more than 26,000 large dams, more than the rest of the world combined. They feed its insatiable demand for energy and supply water for mining, manufacturing and agriculture.
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